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From: raymond@central.co.uk (Raymond J A K Warren)
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Subject: Re: Consciousness and the Senses/Brain development
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           watchman@zen.ludd.luth.se "Joachim Str|mbergson" writes:
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> The problem is then, how do you get a brain that doesent have any stimuli when
> it's beeing built (probably not the apropriate choice of words here) ?
> When the brain is formed, so is the sensory system, so I'll guess that the
> brain is fed more and more complex input as it grows itself, remember that
> a newborn child doesen't have a 'clean' brain. It would also be interesting
> to know if there is some 'predefined' network structure in the DNA, so that
> some connections are constructed without sensory input.
> 
> Cheers!
> Joachim

You might find the story of Helen Keller interesting. She was a girl born in 
Victorian Britain unable to speak, hear or see. There are a number of books 
about her and the story of how a dedicated governess 'tamed' her and 
established communication. Trundle along to a library & have a browse. It might 
give you another angle.

TTFN

Ray.
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Raymond J A K Warren
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raymond@central.co.uk
